Third Amended Bill of Review Filed; Trial Holds for December 2, 2026

Last updated: November 1, 2026

Published: November 1, 2026  |  Category: Case Update

Tags: Bill of Review, 311th District Court, amended pleading, proposed order, exhibit list, trial setting

What Changed Since the Last Update

The October 20, 2026 update reported the October 19 setting from the setting itself, and said it would be revised if the docket entry differed. The docket has since been read, on October 25, 2026, and it matches. This update adds that confirmation and the filings made since October 19. All of them were filed by the plaintiff. Nothing here reflects a ruling on the merits.

The Docket Entries for October 13 and October 19

The District Clerk’s docket sheet, read on October 25, 2026, records two entries that bear on the trial setting:

• October 13, 2026: the motion to waive mediation “is denied.” That was the plaintiff’s request, first made in September, to be excused from the mediation the county’s family courts generally require before trial.
• October 19, 2026: “this matter is pref-set to December 2, 2026 at 1:30 pm. Parties are to mediate before that date.”

A deputy court reporter’s statement, filed October 19, 2026, certifies that a court reporter worked the setting in this case that day.

This update does not report on mediation beyond what the court’s docket entry says. Mediation in Texas is confidential (Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 154.073), and this site will report only whether it took place and whether it resolved the case.

The Third Amended Bill of Review

An amended pleading replaces the one before it, so the Third Amended Bill of Review is now the live pleading that will be tried. It was submitted on the evening of October 25 and file-stamped by the clerk on October 26, 2026. In its own words, the amendment “corrects the date in paragraph 12 and makes no other change.” It asks for the same relief as the Second Amended Bill of Review: that the August 20, 2024 order in Cause No. 202417675 be set aside and that case be returned to the docket for a trial on the merits.

What the bill of review says happened is what the pleadings allege. They are verified by the plaintiff and denied by the respondent, and no court has made any finding on them. The case study summarizes those allegations with the same caveat.

The same day the plaintiff filed a proposed order granting the Third Amended Bill of Review. It follows the proposed order for the Second Amended Bill of Review that was accepted on October 12. A proposed order states what the filing party asks the court to sign; it is not a ruling, and nothing in the record reviewed for this update shows that the court has signed it.

Supplemental Exhibit Lists

The plaintiff filed a Fourth Supplemental Exhibit List on October 20, 2026 and a Fifth Supplemental Exhibit List on October 26, 2026, each adding exhibits for the December 2 bench trial to the lists filed in October. This site does not describe exhibit contents. Listing an exhibit is notice that a party expects to offer it; whether it is admitted is decided at trial.

What Is Still Pending

• The Third Amended Bill of Review, preferentially set for trial on December 2, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. in the 311th District Court.
• The Amended Motion for Temporary Orders (filed October 13, 2026), which asks for temporary orders only if the court grants the bill of review.
• The other pretrial requests listed in earlier updates. This update makes no claim about any ruling on them beyond the two docket entries quoted above.

Nothing in the clerk’s docket read of October 25, or in the clerk’s filing notices received through November 1, 2026, shows a filing by the respondent or a further order of the court since the October 19 setting. Until a court signs a new order, the order signed in August 2024 governs the children’s conservatorship and possession.

Every Fact Above, With Its Source

Statements about filings trace to the clerk’s file-stamped copies and envelope numbers. Statements about the court’s actions trace to the District Clerk’s docket sheet, read October 25, 2026.

Previous Case Updates

Each update is preserved at its own permanent address so the procedural history stays intact and citable. The most recent update is always available at safesapcrtx.org/case-update.

• October 20, 2026 — Trial continued to December 2 pending mediation
• October 16, 2026 — Temporary-orders motion amended; trial brief and exhibit lists filed
• October 10, 2026 — Witness, exhibit and temporary-orders filings accepted; trial holds for October 19
• October 1, 2026 — Mediation waiver renewed and settings requested; trial holds for October 19
• September 11, 2026 — Three pre-trial motions filed and pending; trial holds for October 19
• September 4, 2026 — Second Amended Bill of Review filed; mediation proposed; trial holds for October 19
• August 26, 2026 — Respondent served and answered; the Bill of Review is now contested
• July 20, 2026 — Amended Bill of Review filed, ex parte motion withdrawn, trial reset to October 19
• June 22, 2026 — Court notified of case misclassification; ex parte withdrawal and trial reset requested

This update describes procedural events in pending litigation, and party names have been omitted. Referenced filings are public court records available through the Harris County District Clerk. No findings have been entered on the bill of review, and nothing here should be read as established fact about any party. This is not legal advice.